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someone like john mccain is saying here it is, this is proof, let's go to war. and ten years after he wants to go to war again on some scanty intelligence. we have reports of several incidents incidents of others possibly being killed by these. what is the evidence? it's physiological says the white house. that means probably soil samples. a trace biproduct of sarin was detected in the soil but that can be produced by fertilizer. there are victims in the hospital foaming at the mouth, but that could be caused by disease? and it's hours after. they are still foaming -- sarin one drop of your skin and it will kill you, so the evidence is just not conclusive. >> joe hit the nail on the head yesterday on twitter when you were talking about mccain's comments, own a day when all eyes were on the george w. bush library. >> that tweet got rocketed around the twitter universe. >> bill: and it was? >> celebrating the opening of bush 43s library, senator mccain urges war with the middle east nation he is absolutely certain has used -- >> bill: yeah. >> so it's the same mo.
someone like john mccain is saying here it is, this is proof, let's go to war. and ten years after he wants to go to war again on some scanty intelligence. we have reports of several incidents incidents of others possibly being killed by these. what is the evidence? it's physiological says the white house. that means probably soil samples. a trace biproduct of sarin was detected in the soil but that can be produced by fertilizer. there are victims in the hospital foaming at the mouth, but that...
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john mccain leads the pack on sunday show appearances. it's indicative of who is getting on these shows. we looked at the data going back to the beginning of the year. and from january to march, the first quarter of the year, it's predominantly conservatives, democrats hold the white house. democrats hold the senate. but yet, again and we've looked at this years ago and saw that it's conservative voices on the sunday shows. this is across the spectrum, meet the press, "this week" all of the shows are dominated by conservatives. let's just take your findings, kind of one at a time here. broadcast networks posted republican and conservative guests more often. is that like across the board or just ms -- i mean nbc or abc? >> no. it's across the board. i mean, this is an issue that happens show after show after show. you look at them conservatives are getting to the mic phone in greater numbers than democratic voices. this is, you know, we talked about we always hear about how the liberal press. right? we have this liberal press. >> right. >>
john mccain leads the pack on sunday show appearances. it's indicative of who is getting on these shows. we looked at the data going back to the beginning of the year. and from january to march, the first quarter of the year, it's predominantly conservatives, democrats hold the white house. democrats hold the senate. but yet, again and we've looked at this years ago and saw that it's conservative voices on the sunday shows. this is across the spectrum, meet the press, "this week" all...
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several others, john mccain, voted for this. it was really striking that on this difficult and emotional issue where we had survivors of tucson and the newtown families, all over the hill. meeting with anyone who would meet with them, we had them in the gallery. watching this vote. one of the tucson survivors actually a woman who helped disarm the shooter in tucson, shouted out "shame on you"! as the vote went down. it was a somber and difficult moment in the senate. bill, i want to make sure we also remind folks that a piece of the dynamic of this vote was that it was well and widely known. it was dead on arrival in the house. the fact that the republican-controlled house would likely not have even taken up this universal background check measure this modest, bipartisan universal background check measure supported by nearly 90% of americans, the fact that the republican house would have refused to take it up, i think also drove some of this disappointing shameful dynamic in the vote in the senate. >> bill: senator, you came her
several others, john mccain, voted for this. it was really striking that on this difficult and emotional issue where we had survivors of tucson and the newtown families, all over the hill. meeting with anyone who would meet with them, we had them in the gallery. watching this vote. one of the tucson survivors actually a woman who helped disarm the shooter in tucson, shouted out "shame on you"! as the vote went down. it was a somber and difficult moment in the senate. bill, i want to...
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john mccain -- you know what i think about john mccain -- not much these days. john mccain on face the nation sunday at least had the common sense to say what the hell is that all about? >> the purpose of the united states senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand. >> you would encourage republicans -- >> i would not only encourage it i don't understand it. what are we afraid of? why not take it up? the american people will profit from it. >> that's the way to do it. you know what? the president in his inaugural address and in his state of the union, what does he ask for? he has laid out what he think ought to be done. background checks. assault weapons ban. ban on high-magazine clips. doing something about mental health and straw purchases too. what does he ask for? one thing. a vote. he asks for a vote on every one of them. and damn it, we deserve a vote. and that's where i think the republicans are making a huge mistake. this is where they're going to take a stand? they're going to take a stand. they might as well have been up
john mccain -- you know what i think about john mccain -- not much these days. john mccain on face the nation sunday at least had the common sense to say what the hell is that all about? >> the purpose of the united states senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand. >> you would encourage republicans -- >> i would not only encourage it i don't understand it. what are we afraid of? why not take it up? the american people will profit from it....
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democracy and if the senate really played by democratic rules at the whitehouse chuck schumer and john mccain briefed president obama on their new comprehensive immigration reach and votes will be coming up on that but the most focus is up in boston. day 2 of the investigation into those bombs planted at the end of the boston marathon. so far, we know very little and there have been no claims of responsibility. we will update you on that and a whole lot more right here on current tv. [ music ] (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. (vo) current tv is the place for compelling true stories. (kaj) jack, how old are you? >> nine. (adam) this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning document
democracy and if the senate really played by democratic rules at the whitehouse chuck schumer and john mccain briefed president obama on their new comprehensive immigration reach and votes will be coming up on that but the most focus is up in boston. day 2 of the investigation into those bombs planted at the end of the boston marathon. so far, we know very little and there have been no claims of responsibility. we will update you on that and a whole lot more right here on current tv. [ music ]...
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of the regular church attending evangelicals but it was actually down slightly as a percentage from mccain in '08 and from bush in 2004. and you know, that 5% difference at the margin is actually a fair number of votes. and that's -- that matters then it is the energy. it is the activists the people actually knocking on doors who believe that the election is a life or death thing because the winner will get to appoint supreme court justice who might be able to overturn roe v. wade or roll back whatever happens on gay marriage. if those people aren't enthused, there is an impact on the party. you're walking a fine line. the other thing we haven't mentioned yet is the fastest growing part of the republican coalition is the libertarian sides. we think of it as the rand paul wing. rand paul is very careful in how he talks about marriage and abortion. but they -- they totally de-emphasize those issues. they don't think that's what the federal government's job is philosophically. and they are on the -- they think that they're going to have a lot of candidates running in future elections people w
of the regular church attending evangelicals but it was actually down slightly as a percentage from mccain in '08 and from bush in 2004. and you know, that 5% difference at the margin is actually a fair number of votes. and that's -- that matters then it is the energy. it is the activists the people actually knocking on doors who believe that the election is a life or death thing because the winner will get to appoint supreme court justice who might be able to overturn roe v. wade or roll back...
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he and john mccain of course his butt boy -- or which one is which i don't know. and pete king same thing they want to turn this into a political football. they want to turn this act of terror and heroic work by our law enforcement officers into political football, and it pisses me off, and it should piss everyone else off. they should just shut up. 866-55-press, don't you think? >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that curr
he and john mccain of course his butt boy -- or which one is which i don't know. and pete king same thing they want to turn this into a political football. they want to turn this act of terror and heroic work by our law enforcement officers into political football, and it pisses me off, and it should piss everyone else off. they should just shut up. 866-55-press, don't you think? >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ that viewers like about the young turks is that...
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mccain says he doesn't understand it, nor does anybody else with half a brain. we don't elect senators to vote every time the way we want them to, but we do elect them and we expect them to at least be willing to vote. to study the issue, to debate the issue and then to stand up to take a stand and let us know where we stand. if they refuse to vote on gun safety legislation, they are simply not doing their job. have a good one folks. see you again. >> this is "the bill press show."
mccain says he doesn't understand it, nor does anybody else with half a brain. we don't elect senators to vote every time the way we want them to, but we do elect them and we expect them to at least be willing to vote. to study the issue, to debate the issue and then to stand up to take a stand and let us know where we stand. if they refuse to vote on gun safety legislation, they are simply not doing their job. have a good one folks. see you again. >> this is "the bill press...
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like john mccain. >> that's the thing. from senator mccain and others, they're very quick to sort of urge military action and you know they're not going to walk out on that limb with president obama. as soon as the first mistake is made, they're going to say how could you have acted so precipitously. so he's not taking any counsel from the hill on this. they're not really -- to be held responsible. >> bill: also, a narrow window here. this cannot drag on forever. >> no. terrible. >> we're now talking about -- we're approaching 100,000 people who have been killed in the last two years. this is something else for the obama administration to think about which is that one of the greatest stains on their legacy could very well be the fact that they sat by and watch this all happen. >> bill: we're five days or so since the pentagon said that chemical weapons were used. >> the u.s. takes ownership of the situation and they do get rid of assad as president obama wants then what pops up in his place. they don't look like they're re
like john mccain. >> that's the thing. from senator mccain and others, they're very quick to sort of urge military action and you know they're not going to walk out on that limb with president obama. as soon as the first mistake is made, they're going to say how could you have acted so precipitously. so he's not taking any counsel from the hill on this. they're not really -- to be held responsible. >> bill: also, a narrow window here. this cannot drag on forever. >> no....
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i mean you know, ityou had mccain-kennedy. the rubio bill? because, you know, if it's a bad bill or history deems it a bad bill like the 1986 bill maybe you don't want your name on it. so, you know, there is a long way to go. we will see the details of it. s some details like how much is the penalty going to be? how much of back taxes will you have to pay? we are talking about a group of people that don't have a lot of money. so... >> i can't believe democrats would allow it to be called rubio anything. former senator chris dodd at a program here on capitol hill he was asked about the dodd-frank legislation and the first thing he said was, i wished they hadn't named it that. >> why did he say that? >> it's because, you know, he things it gets in the way of dealing with the bill, itself as it becomes more do you like chris dodd but he doesn't want that on his tombstone. >> 20 minutes after the hour bob cue sack managing editor of the hi the hill.com here on the "full-court press." we are taking a look at the issues facing this congress. they w
i mean you know, ityou had mccain-kennedy. the rubio bill? because, you know, if it's a bad bill or history deems it a bad bill like the 1986 bill maybe you don't want your name on it. so, you know, there is a long way to go. we will see the details of it. s some details like how much is the penalty going to be? how much of back taxes will you have to pay? we are talking about a group of people that don't have a lot of money. so... >> i can't believe democrats would allow it to be called...
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capitol hill and particular senator lindsey graham who along with his comrade, i would say senator john mccain suggested that he should be tried as an enemy combatant in the military tribunal. but i think the obama administration was arguing very reasonably this was basically a u.s. citizen. tsarnaev had recently been naturalized, who committed allegedly, these acts on u.s. soil. so it was pretty straightforward. and you know, what's been left out of the conversation, i think is just how troubled the military tribunal system has become. it has really become difficult. a lot of tainted evidence, a lot of questions about whether, in any way, you can reconcile the procedures of these military tribunals with the constitution. that's something the administration didn't want to get into particularly given as carney pointed out you've had hundreds of terrorists prosecuted in u.s. courts and quite successfully. >> bill: in fact, senator dianne feinstein and yesterday jay carney made the same point that it would be -- it is unconstitutional to try an american citizen as an enemy combatant, right? an am
capitol hill and particular senator lindsey graham who along with his comrade, i would say senator john mccain suggested that he should be tried as an enemy combatant in the military tribunal. but i think the obama administration was arguing very reasonably this was basically a u.s. citizen. tsarnaev had recently been naturalized, who committed allegedly, these acts on u.s. soil. so it was pretty straightforward. and you know, what's been left out of the conversation, i think is just how...
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so let's talk about -- john mccain led a group of senators down to the border last week. and i keep hearing this -- we're not going to do anything until we know that the border is secure right? isn't it more secure today than it has been in a long time? >> it is. >> bill: what do they expect? there will be never ever ever in the future, anybody coming over the fence at all? >> the berlin wall didn't succeed in keeping people out who are determined to pass through. so no, i don't think 100% security -- i think that's a fantasy. >> bill: it is a cop-out for these people, isn't it? >> border security is a legitimate, national priority. it is a priority that is -- it is perennial. not like we're going to be able to say on june 16th, we have secured the border and now we're done. there is no mission accomplished on the border. you have to constantly be adapting to ever-changing threats and challenges. and so i think that is a legitimate national priority that has to be met. i think it is a separate question though from what we do with the 11 million who are already here withou
so let's talk about -- john mccain led a group of senators down to the border last week. and i keep hearing this -- we're not going to do anything until we know that the border is secure right? isn't it more secure today than it has been in a long time? >> it is. >> bill: what do they expect? there will be never ever ever in the future, anybody coming over the fence at all? >> the berlin wall didn't succeed in keeping people out who are determined to pass through. so no, i...